wow. that is huge...is this the end of the spatulas?
and now i think k2 has by far the best big mtn team out there if this is true...

-Joel

'If Jesus were here, he would command you: stop being and idiot.' -EastCoastPride
'There should be an International ''Slash Your Neighbors SUV Tires'' Day' -con_cept
'I figure excessive drinking got me into this mess, excessive drinking can damn well get me out of it again.' -J.D._May

while Shane didn't say he was with K2 in yearbook, on the k2factoryteam forums, Seth, yesterday said he knew Shane and K2 were talking, and today said that he just found out it was a done deal. Looks like K2 is going to have one hell of a kickass big mountain lineup of skiers.

i think K2 should put out a team video at some point. I hope k2 lets shane design his own ski cuz the spatulas were an amazing unique idea and i think that shane is gonna be one of the people that will make a permanent change in skis.

Imagine what will happen with the idea of the Spatula with a company like K2 behind him. Or maybe he'll be content with the Made'N AK's and Pistols...who knows.
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seeing shanes recent exploits, i wouldnt be suprised he'd with stockli or Blizzard..........all my respect of him is gone after the ski basing shit
THE WORST PART ABOUT VOTING DEMOCRAT, IS TELLING YOUR FRIENDS YOURE GAY

atlantaski, id love to send you off one of shane's big cliffs without a parachute. shane is so sick, you will never be able to understand what he did and does for skiing.

-Joel

'If Jesus were here, he would command you: stop being and idiot.' -EastCoastPride
'There should be an International ''Slash Your Neighbors SUV Tires'' Day' -con_cept
'I figure excessive drinking got me into this mess, excessive drinking can damn well get me out of it again.' -J.D._May

yeah amn that was probably one of the more ignorant things youve ever said. ive only jumped once for my birthday, and it was amazing. how he does that by straightlining it into a huge cliff and then hucking

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weezerskier: i dont smoke but the kids who do are really good

no way in hell k2 makes anything like a spatula
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You know the Nazis had pieces of flair that they made the Jews wear.

once back when i was a fetus i was aborted. it didn't hurt at all, but i was also high on life at the time. - thisangelicrage
its not rape....its surprise sex. you wake up and SURPRISE you had sex with me haha - huckster989
16 to a real ugly fat girl but whatever beauty is but a lightswitch away - wiener

you all do realize voland doesnt exist anymore right? ... atomic.... yeah.
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You know the Nazis had pieces of flair that they made the Jews wear.

once back when i was a fetus i was aborted. it didn't hurt at all, but i was also high on life at the time. - thisangelicrage
its not rape....its surprise sex. you wake up and SURPRISE you had sex with me haha - huckster989
16 to a real ugly fat girl but whatever beauty is but a lightswitch away - wiener

Oh and just so you all know, shane isnt with k2 yet. All things are pointing in that direction but its not quite a done deal yet. But dont be surprised when he does sign with k2.
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skiing is just another way to please yourself without the mess.

holy if shane is on k2 that is soo sick becuz then k2 will have both of the big mountain legends :)

-Matty
Kill his family and then at his funeral show him the videotape of you killing htem and then when he starts crying throw flour at him and shove poo in his nostrils. -Mikee talking about getting revenge on hackers

Yes... floppy Spatulas! A perfect seqal after those noodles that where the Seth Pistols. Volant may suck, but my Volant Spatulas still rule supreme!
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~~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~~

this is pretty sick news, Shane is such a wicked skier, bout time hes got a wicked company behind him. I hope things work out.

They're both dumber than bricks... I don't care how hot they are, I wouldn't bone them even if they kept their damn mouths shut. I'd probably get a nasty case of sexually transmitted stupidity.
-Kamikaze

hey, ehy you guys remember when the spatulas were in stores... for like 2 years... BECAUSE NONE OF THEM SOLD... yeah that seems like a pretty good precedent to me for k2 wto make a similar ski... not like k2's trying to make money or anything.
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You know the Nazis had pieces of flair that they made the Jews wear.

once back when i was a fetus i was aborted. it didn't hurt at all, but i was also high on life at the time. - thisangelicrage
its not rape....its surprise sex. you wake up and SURPRISE you had sex with me haha - huckster989
16 to a real ugly fat girl but whatever beauty is but a lightswitch away - wiener

thats big and awesome
but the spatula deal was this
volant took credit for the design and build of them, mcconkey said no way it was him with their support, volant said no, he got pissed, took the skis and sold them around tahoe and other places

-let people do what they want, ski how you want, make whoever you want your role model its your choice
-i love to ski, so should you, its fun, try it sometime
-thats what the internet is for anonymously slandering people-jason lee

Likelihood is that K2 won't design a Spatula or anything like it as Volant would have owned the patent on the design of the ski and therefore the rights to produce it.
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The pessimist says the glass is half empty, the optimist says it's half full. Frankly I don't give a shit, I say just drink the fucking thing!

Shane is the man, I remember seeing his spatulas on the rack at the midmountain lodge at Squaw and I was like what the fuck are those and then i come out and I notice its Shane McConkey, cause of him I want to someday try SkiBASEing. Just flying through the air like that is so fucking cool

if shane joins k2 then they will have a kick ass big mountian team they might even take the tittle away from rossi as bast big mountian ski team. i doubt that we will ever see another ski like the spatula again(thank god) and volant has been struggling for years, they nearly went backrupt 4 years ago and they had there asses saved by another company(i dont remember who because it was so long ago). if atomic bought volant then this could be a good thing, and maybe get some new technology put into the skis.

i want to see mcschlonkey ski-vase that giant cliff on hood, lookers left on mile... or palmer... big, way left... i think that would be cool.
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You know the Nazis had pieces of flair that they made the Jews wear.

once back when i was a fetus i was aborted. it didn't hurt at all, but i was also high on life at the time. - thisangelicrage
its not rape....its surprise sex. you wake up and SURPRISE you had sex with me haha - huckster989
16 to a real ugly fat girl but whatever beauty is but a lightswitch away - wiener

Of course K2 is going to make Shane his own pro model they would be stupid not to. He’s the best skier I know of. In big motion. And they are lucky to have him on their team so I’m sure they will treat him right.
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Is it something i said so fuck you to.

I would without any shadow of a doubt say that he is one of the best big mountain riders in the world. He is so fearless its mindnumbing.

Actually scratch that though, anyone seen 'There is something about McConkey'? He rips at fucking everything!! People who have only seen his more recent segments might not entirely understand his versatility (that said I haven't seen Yearbook yet), but he is so good at all aspects of skiing!

the only reason he isnt in the top is because, im sorry to say this, but old, and hurts himself too much. volant didnt see it in him to be profitable but ther were like ten other companies waiting for him
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And no, I'm not getting photo incentives from those ads. If i wanted to do that, I'd just say 'Rip Curl, Nordica, Marker, Level, Astrix.' See? Now i've made money.' - Brad Holmes to some idiot kid from Potland Maine

Oct 15 2004 10:09PM

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